I am looking for local Los Angeles-area or all-Southern
California-wide abortion rights activists who are still doing on-going
clinic defense and patient escorting. I am very experienced, and
worried about the current climate, and always available for clinic
protection.

Thank you for your efforts, but I asked only for Southern
California(although I would gladly go to Northern or Central
California for emergency defense), and CARAL is no longer in the
Southland. Also Southern California Planned Parenthood stopped
volunteer patient escorting several years ago, so I'm wondering if you
got your info off the various national org webpages, or if you spoke
to any of the facilities personally. For example, patient escorting
isn't even on the list of volunteer opportunities on the LA website,
and I periodically approach them about doing it.
Best,
Henry

Dear piscean,
My information derives exclusively from the websites I consulted
during my research. Speaking to the employees of those organizations
personally would be rather complicated for me, since I am located in
Europe. I trusted in the statement I found on Planned Parenthood's
national website, calling for volunteer clinic escorts.
But I have also found an actual calls for such vounteers on one of
Planned Parenthood's local Southern Californian websites:
Planned Parenthood Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo Counties
http://www.ppsbvslo.org/volunteer.htm
"Voulunteer: Clinic Escort Volunteers. Help ensure a peaceful and
non-confrontational entry to our San Luis Obispo or Santa Maria Clinic
for patients confronted by picket activity."
And, though not located in Southern California, I found also this
referring to Planned Parenthood Mar Monte (San Jose):
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte (San Jose)
http://www.ppmarmonte.org/help/volunteer.asp
"Volunteer Opportunities: In the Health Centers  Volunteer
opportunities in the health centers include (...) clinic defense
escort..."
These findings led me, not without reason, to the conclusion that the
local Planned Parenthood organizations are searching clinic escort
and/or defense voulunteers in general.
Maybe you would be interested in approaching the Planned Parenthood
Federation of America to ask them directly for volunteer clinic
defense and/or escort opportunities in Southern California? If someone
has the best access to that kind of information, it should be them:
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
434 West 33rd St.
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-541-7800
Fax: 212-245-1845
E-Mail: communications@ppfa.org
Website: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/
Also, the activist organization Abortion Access Project may have
information relating to Southern California that could be helpful for
you:
Abortion Access Project
552 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 215
Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
Phone: (617) 661-1161
Fax: (617) 492-1915
E-Mail: info@abortionaccess.org
Website: http://www.abortionaccess.org/
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